Dr. Richard Belio Kipsang’, is the Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education Science and Technology. He previously worked as a deputy Chief Executive Officer and the Head of Operations, at Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), a state corporation involved in financing Kenyans pursuing higher education.
He holds a Master of Arts and PhD degrees in Business/Economics and Administration/Planning respectively. He has attended and spoken in various seminars, conferences and workshops both locally and internationally, presenting on various topics in leadership, management, micro-enterprise development, fraud, corruption, higher education financing, coffee financing, among other areas of business and management.
Employment
Dr. Richard Belio Kipsang is the Principal Secretary Education, Ministry of Education Science and Technology.
He previously served as Managing Trustee/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Coffee Development Fund and; Deputy CEO and Head of Operations Higher Education Loans Board where he also previously held various Strategic Management positions.
Dr. Richard Belio Kipsang is also a Council Member at Mt. Kenya University and Cooperative University College where he also Chairs Finance, Planning and Development.
He is a Board member Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade, (FAST) an International Think Tank on Financial Resource Mobilization; Council Member Advisory Council for Coffee Initiative; Government Delegate International Coffee Organization (ICO) and; Chair Operations Committee, Association of African Higher Education Financing Agencies (AAHEFA).
EDUCATION
Dr. Richard Belio Kipsang is a holder of PhD degree in Education (Educational Administration and Planning from The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Masters of Arts degree in Economics and a Bachelors (Honours) degree in Education (Business and Economics) both from the University of Nairobi.
He has had extensive professional trainings and commands numerous expose to local and international conferences and workshops in areas of higher education financing and administration, leadership, management, micro-enterprise development, fraud, corruption and combating economic crime, agricultural value chain financing, computing and other areas of business and management among others particularly in prestigious institutions such as the London School of Economics (LSE) in the UK, Harvard University in the USA, State University of New York in the USA, among other institutions in Kenya, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Thailand among others.
He is an Associate Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and also; a member, Institute of Directors of Kenya.
RESEARCH
Dr. Kipsang has authored highly competent academic and research papers in the areas of Higher Education Financing and Planning.